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Health care ethics consultation: nature, goals, and competencies. A position paper from the Society for Health and Human Values-Society for Bioethics Consultation Task Force on Standards for Bioethics Consultation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10877742     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Patients, families, and health care providers have a right to expect that ethics consultants can deal competently with the complex issues that they are asked to address. The Society for Health and Human Values-Society for Bioethics Consultation Task Force on Standards for Bioethics Consultation explored core competencies and related issues in ethics consultation. This position paper summarizes the content of the resulting Task Force Report, which included nine general conclusions: 1) U.S. societal context makes "ethics facilitation" an appropriate approach to ethics consultation; 2) ethics facilitation requires certain core competencies; 3) core competencies can be acquired in various ways; 4) individual consultants, teams, or committees should have the core competencies for ethics consultation; 5) consult services should have policies that address access, patient notification, documentation, and case review; 6) abuse of power and conflicts of interest must be avoided; 7) ethics consultation must have institutional support; 8) evaluation of process, outcomes, and competencies is needed; and 9) certification of individuals and accreditation of programs are rejected.
Authors:
M P Aulisio; R M Arnold; S J Youngner
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Annals of internal medicine     Volume:  133     ISSN:  0003-4819     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. Intern. Med.     Publication Date:  2000 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-06-29     Completed Date:  2000-06-29     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372351     Medline TA:  Ann Intern Med     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  59-69     Citation Subset:  AIM; E; IM    
Affiliation:
Consortium Ethics Program, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Bioethnics and Health Law, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. maa13@pitt.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bioethics
Certification
Ethicists / standards*
Ethics Committees
Ethics Consultation*
Ethics, Medical*
Humans
Organizational Policy
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Professional Competence*
Quality of Health Care*
Referral and Consultation* / standards
Societies, Medical
United States
Virtues

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